Fellhanera nashii
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| Taxonavigation: Lecanorales |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Byssolomataceae
Genus: Fellhanera
Species: Fellhanera nashii
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Fellhanera nashii Van den Boom, 2004
Diagnosis: Species saxicola. Thallus crustaceus, rimosus vel areolatus, cum blastidiis, ecorticatis griseo-viridis vel fusco-griseis, hypothallo fusco. Apothecia adnata vel sessilia, fusca vel nigra-fusca, cum disco plano vel convexo, excipulo paraplectenchymatico persistente, hypothecio rubescentifusco, ascis Byssolomatis typo congruentis, 8 sporis. Ascosporae clavatae vel ovoideae, elongatae, raro curvatae, 9-14(-16) x 4.5-5.5 µm, triseptatae, raro quadriseptatae, ad septis constrictae, perisporium contentes. Conidia pyriformia, 3.5-4.5 x 1.5-2 µm, forma Fellhanerae subtilis congruentia.
Type: MEXICO. Chihuahua: along route 16, c. 28 km W of Basaseachic, riparian area with scattered boulders, on acidic rock, 28o21'N, 108o16'W, 25 July 1994, T.H. Nash III 37834 (ASU - holotype designated here: hb Van den Boom, isotype).
Etymology: Named to honor lichenologist, Dr. Thomas Hawkes Nash III.
Substrate and ecology (Sonoran region:) On acidic rock outcrops, in a riparian area with scattered boulders.
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- Van den Boom, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region (Tempe) 2: 107 (2004)
- Van den Boom, P.P.G. (2004) Fellhanera (pp. 107-108) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages. (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25895 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Discussion of Fellhanera nashii: pp. 107-108)